Download or read book An Introduction to Copepod Diversity written by Geoffrey Allan Boxshall and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copepods are small but extremely abundantcrustaceans which occur in every type of aquatic habitat. The rapid expansionof taxonomic knowledge concerning copepods has made it difficult for studentsand non-specialists to access the voluminous, but scattered primary literature.This volume is designed to provide an overview of the entire group - frommarine plankton to subterranean forms, and from parasites to minute inhabitantsof the interstitial spaces between sediment particles.